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Unit 5: Story
Unit 5: Story
1 How much have you learned about orang-utans? Answer the questions.
Check your answers in the story.
1 Name a country where orang-utans live in the wild.
2 What is orang-utans’ natural habitat?
3 What dangers do orang-utans face in the wild?
4 How long do baby orang-utans stay with their mothers?
5 What do baby orang-utans need to learn?
6 Where can orang-utans live safely in the wild?
2 Read the fact file headings and match your answers in Activity 1 to them.
Location 1, Facts and Figures
Behaviour Conservation
3 Look at your fact file. Write questions to find out the missing information.
Then ask and answer with a partner. Complete your file.
Around the world many animals are (1) endangered in their natural habitat. Some animals,
for example, the (2) C r d , have even become
(3) e because of pollution and habitat destruction.
Some species are (4) p – so it is illegal to hunt or hurt them. These animals
include the (5) A p , the (6) I l and
the (7) A f .
Some projects keep animals in (8) c to give the population time to recover.
The (9) E b was nearly extinct, but they were saved and now
there are around 3,000 of them in the world.
Some animals are impossible to keep in zoos, for example the (10) A
b w , which is the biggest animal in the world. It is hard to
protect them in the (11) w but it’s now illegal to hunt them. Sea birds like the
(12) A a are also in danger from the effects of global warming.
1 Complete the quiz with the words in the box. Then do the quiz.
Compare your answers with a friend. Who is ‘greener’?
1 Do you sort out your rubbish and things like glass, paper and metal?
3 Do you try to leftover food in packed lunches, so you don’t food?
4 Do you make sure you dangerous things like batteries in the right bins, so that they don’t
the environment?
5 Do you your old clothes and toys so that they can be reused?
6 Do you remember to turn down the heating in winter and a jumper instead?
Recycle! Recycling glass, paper and metal uses (1) less throw away is often burned or left to rot. Either way this
/ fewer energy than making new materials. That means puts more bad gases into the atmosphere. If we all threw
(2) fewer / less CO2 goes into the atmosphere. away (5) fewer / less food, we could put out (6) less /
fewer bags of rubbish every month.
Energy at home Simple things like turning the light
off can make a big difference! And if (3) less / fewer There are other things that we shouldn’t throw away.
people in your house leave the lights on, the electricity Modern batteries are better for the environment because
bill will be cheaper! they contain (7) less / fewer dangerous chemicals, but
they have to be sorted out and put in a special bin. We
Rubbish! Using up leftover food means we make can also try to use (8) fewer / less batteries by buying
(4) fewer / less rubbish every week. Rubbish that we rechargeable ones.
3 Use the notes and less/fewer to write about the other things in the quiz.
Reuse clothes and toys – factories make new things, use energy,
lorries delivering new things to shops
Turn down the temperature – use energy, create CO2, spend money on bills
Clean up the park – see litter, things dangerous to wildlife
Recycled paper – cut down trees, animals lose their habitat
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Ideas for Earth Week Please add your comments! Sponsored swim
J Good idea! Good exercise!
a b at Class 6D
Maybe – ch eck wh
Cake sale Sponsored silence – 8 hours ey usually do a
are doing. Th
Yippee! Everyone loves
cakes! L But I like talking … sponsored sw im .
I’m not sure! It’s Hmm. Teachers don’t like this one. (How do we
Cake Week next
month , isn’t it ? answer questions in class?)
Too many cakes?
?
f
e Treasure hunt
d Non-uniform day
Pyjama day This is fun – everyone likes
This was really popu treasure hunts.
lar at my
Yippee! We did this for Comic Relief. sister’s school. Yes! We can charge £1 to join in.
It was funny! Good idea! We can ra
ise lots of money! What’s the prize?
That’s a good point. why don’t we do Let’s do that! Hmm, I’m not sure.
That’s a great idea. We could do How about Yes, that’s true.
A What shall we do to raise money for Earth Week?
B (1) Æe could do a cake sale, couldn’t we? Everyone likes cakes!
A (2) . I like baking, but it’s Cake Week next month. The whole school
is baking cakes for the old people’s home.
B (3) a non-uniform day? It was really popular at my sister’s school.
A (4) We did that last time.
B (5) I forgot about that. OK, (6) a treasure hunt?
A (7) Everyone likes treasure hunts, don’t they?
B Yes, we can charge £1 to join in.
A (8)
3 Write another dialogue. Use the suggestions in Activity 1 and the dialogue
in Activity 2 to help you.